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Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
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Founding member and guitarist of Joy Diion and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now . . .
An integral part of the Manchester, UK, music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created two of the most influential bands of all time.
Chapter and Verse includes a vivid and illuminating account of Bernard Sumner's childhood, the early days of Joy Diion, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Sumner describes the formation of New Order, takes us behind the scenes at the birth of classics such as "Blue Monday," and gives his firsthand account of the ecstasy and the agony of the Haçienda days.
Sometimes moving, often hilarious, and occasionally completely out of control, this is a tale populated by some of the most colorful and creative characters in music history, such as Ian Curtis, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, and Martin Hannett. Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form. Now, for the first time, Bernard Sumner gives you chapter and verse.
Product details
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2015-11-03
Publication Date:
2015-11-03
Publisher:
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1250077729
Weight:
621 g
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